People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Taoist priest Zhang Yi recognized him as Liu Yuanran, whom he had not seen for many years. This guy who was destined to be a Taoist ancestor had lost a bit of his original Taoist immortality, but had more of the roughness of life.

However, Liu Yuanran's energy and spirit were very good, and it was obvious that he had gained a lot from his practice.

When he saw Zhang Yi looking towards him, he nodded slightly and gave Zhang Yi a look to tell him to be careful.

The other monk is about 40 years old.

He is neither fat nor thin, and his appearance is not someone who can be recognized at a glance.

But with his triangular eyes, Zhang Yi still recognized him, Yao Guangxiao!
Prime Minister in black, Yao Guangxiao.

At this time, if Yao Guangxiao follows the original historical trajectory, it will take about two years for him to appear on the stage of Yingtianfu.

And it was already 15 years after Hongwu that he met the person he was destined to meet.

Today, Yao Guangxiao is just an ordinary monk.

But does Zhang Yi understand? This guy is very dangerous.

A person who, in a peaceful and prosperous age, is determined to assist the famous master and change the world.In any era, they are rebels.

Zhang Yi and Yao Guangxiao's eyes met, and a strange color flashed in Yao Guangxiao's eyes. He was also a human being.

Zhang Yi glanced at him one more time in the crowd, making him more alert.

Zhang Yi did not look at the two of them again, but after sizing up more than thirty people, he saluted them all:

"I think you are the eminent monk who came to help me!
I would like to thank you all here!
Your Majesty ordered me to reform Buddhism and Taoism and change customs!
But this matter is very difficult. Although Pindao thinks hard, he is afraid of not doing well!
Now that you have come to help me, I am very happy!
Here, Zhang Yi salutes all of his colleagues! "

As the saying goes, be courteous first and then fight. Everyone has not yet figured out each other's ways, and everyone will not quarrel with each other.

Seeing Zhang Yi's gesture, others returned the favor one after another.

At this time, Yao Guangxiao said:

"Master Zhang, I don't know what you want to change, but do you really need my opinion?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhang Yi looked directly at him.

Zhang Yi didn't expect that Yao Guangxiao would punch him first before he could test him.

The so-called changes naturally do not need their opinions!

Zhu Yuanzhang asked them to learn, not to give opinions!
This is something that both of them know very well, but Yao Guangxiao insists on making things difficult for him.

Zhang Yi thought for a while and probably understood what Yao Guangxiao was thinking. He wanted to become famous...

Come to think of it, I was regarded by him as a tool to become famous, so Yao Guangxiao became aggressive as soon as he came up.

Faced with Yao Guangxiao's questioning, Zhang Yi naturally would not give up.

“If you can put forward constructive opinions, of course you can...

Although you can't go up to heaven to listen, if Pindao thinks it's good, he will tell His Majesty! "

"Okay, the poor monk would like to ask, does the real person think your reform method is reasonable?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone stared at Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi smiled and said:

"Whether it's reasonable or not depends on where you sit?

At least, those things established by Pindao are the Tao that I, Longhushan, have been practicing all these years!

Pindao knows that you are dissatisfied, and he is also worried that he will suffer a loss!
But have you ever thought that before this, I, Longhushan, or Zhengyiyi, had been doing this for many years...

These reforms are not some fanciful strategy, but something that is approved by His Majesty and is effective! "

Although Yao Guangxiao's attack was not part of Zhang Yi's plan, he also knew that this debate would arise sooner or later.

It doesn't matter if it's Yao Guangxiao, or in other words, if it's Yao Guangxiao, it should be better.

"It's effective, does it mean for you, Longhu Mountain?

But has the donor considered that we are different from the Taoist priests in Longhu Mountain?
You are lay people who are constantly obsessed with lust, but we are monks who are dedicated to the holy life!

As a monk, I just want my six roots to be pure and to avoid any troubles!
That's how it was when the Buddha established the Samana system!

Zhenren’s reforms have confused the distinction between monks and lay people!

From now on, monks will no longer be monks, and Tao will not be Tao!
The real person thinks he practices humanistic Taoism, and he also wants to lead me to Buddhism to practice humanistic Buddhism!
Little do they know that the real person is doing evil and harming people’s cultivation! "

Yao Guangxiao made an impassioned speech, which was echoed by everyone present.

They were recommended here because they were suppressed by the king's power.

These people didn't want to go all out with Zhang Yi, after all, the emperor was standing behind him.

So Yao Guangxiao couldn't help but stand up and said:

"The real person used words to confuse His Majesty, which is really an evil act!"

"Yes, Longhushan has received divine grace over the years. Is he really the leader of his own Taoist sect?"

"My six sense organs are not clean, and you still want to point fingers?"

"The world is not divided into monks and Taoists, but it is divided into lay people and monastics. The Taoist Master is obviously not from the same group as us, so why do you force us to follow your Longhu Mountain way?"

"The common things in this world are not what we pursue..."

Whether it was Taoist priests from Quanzhen Taoism or monks from various sects, they all accused Zhang Yi after the conflict was intensified by Yao Guangxiao.

For a moment, Zhang Yi's meeting with everyone seemed to be a laughing stock.

But Zhang Yi was not afraid, he just smiled and said to Yan Yan:

"You all just dislike me, Longhushan, as a Taoist living in fire, and I cannot be a monk!

But whether you are a monk or not is not the key to this matter!
Your Majesty feels that the war has just ended and the world needs to rest and recuperate!
Nowadays, there are only a few people farming, but you still have to stand by and do nothing to produce!

You all claim to be a monk. Does being a monk make you more noble than others, or is it pretentious than others?
Why do you take the worship of believers for granted? "

Since others are rude to him, Zhang Yi will not tolerate them.

His words made other people's faces turn black.

But since he is about to break up, his firepower is by no means limited to this:
"Since this matter started with this master, I will use Buddhism as an example!

You talk about the way of ascetics and practice pure things!

But the Buddha followed the path of the ascetics, did not make money, and did not eat after noon...

Having nothing to gain and not being greedy is the way to transcend the world...

Wait, who doesn’t have some troubles?
Whose monastery doesn’t have any land?
The ascetics beg for food and live in the forest. The poor Taoist admires him!

But when you undergo purification in front of poor Taoists, might you forget who you are?
In view of your duty as a monk, you are reluctant to part with the charity of believers, reluctant to part with the tall temple, and reluctant to part with the temple's property and fertile land!
You should ask yourselves, are you really practicing Qing Dynasty?
While you were waiting in the monastery, you were thinking about how much grain you would harvest this year and which tenant you should go to to collect the grain.

Have you ever thought that you are still a pure cultivator?
Don’t you despise yourselves for being worldly when you are cooperating to collect rent, but put on airs when collecting taxes?
Although I, Longhu Mountain, am not worth mentioning, I am still not as shameless as you..."

"you……"

Others did not expect Zhang Yi to be so sharp-tongued, and they were unable to answer for a while.

Concerning the evolution of doctrine, that is a very large question.

Zhang Yi's grasp of this point can be magnified infinitely, and they can't explain it even if they want to.

"The precepts of a recluse are different from the precepts of a Bodhisattva..."

Yao Guangxiao heard someone say such things in anger.

He knew something was going to happen, but it was too late to stop it.

"The ascetic precepts guard oneself, the bodhisattva precepts save all living beings!

You are not even willing to give in to your own small benefits, but you come to talk about Bodhisattva practices with poor Taoists? "

The person who asked the question suddenly turned pale.

Zhang Yi, a general, left them speechless.In fact, to put it bluntly, monks are also humans and mortals.

As long as they are mortals, they have their own interests and demands.

Buddhism and Taoism, which have existed on the land of China for thousands of years, have long evolved their own set of survival rules.

The monastery owns land, and the monks collect rent and are tax-free. These are all matters of course.

But religion has its own set of things that it must abide by. The ideal Buddhism and the Buddhism in reality are actually completely two sets of logic.

When Yao Guangxiao used monks and lay people, he tried to separate the people of Longhu Mountain from other people in order to achieve the purpose of denying Longhu Mountain.

Zhang Yi did the opposite, making them feel great humiliation.

It's said that you don't hit the smiling person, but since you are looking for trouble, Zhang Yi won't let it get used to you.

This kind of question has actually been debated among Buddhism and Taoism for thousands of years, and no one can convince the other.

Just as Yao Guangxiao was about to continue speaking, Zhang Yi decided to direct his firepower towards him.

"If you are practicing the holy life and are dragged down by poor Taoists, how much respect should I have for you!

But apart from not being close to women, what's wrong with you being greedy, angry and foolish?
They say that to save all sentient beings, isn’t it just for you to work together to promote simplified Chinese characters and for you to teach the people about production? These things are meant to save all sentient beings?
Why don't you want to?

The true act of a Bodhisattva is that of the current saint, who is unable to save the world while wearing a monk's robe, but is willing to take off his monk's robe and achieve enlightenment by killing!

You say that poor Taoists do not understand the holy life, but can Your Majesty understand monks? "

All the monks present were livid, and Zhang Yi brought up Zhu Yuanzhang's past to emphasize the rationality of his actions.

This leaves them with how to cope.

Moreover, Zhang Yi was not targeting them, they were not in Zhang Yi's eyes at all.

After saying this, Zhang Yi raised his head and looked at Yao Guangxiao:
"This is the master, do you think that you are practicing the holy life?"

"Yes!"

Yao Guangxiao gave a decisive answer, only waiting for Zhang Yi to argue.

But Zhang Yi smiled and said:
"A monk like the master who only cares about the way of heaven and does not care about the people, what kind of way is he practicing?"

He only cares about the way of heaven and does not care about the people.

This saying actually has its origin.

When Zhu Di was about to rebel, he hesitated. He told Yao Guangxiao that the people were all on the side of Emperor Jianwen.

Yao Guangxiao said this at that time.

Of course Yao Guangxiao himself had never heard of this, because it happened decades later.
But this sentence is also Yao Guangxiao's code of conduct, and Zhang Yi is sure that the other party will agree with this sentence.

Sure enough, when Yao Guangxiao heard this, his expression changed drastically, and he looked at Zhang Yi as if he were a monster.

He has ideals and ambitions in his heart and just wants to achieve something successful.

For the sake of his ideals, even if corpses are everywhere, Yao Guangxiao will never blink an eye.

But as an ordinary monk, how difficult is it for him to achieve his goal?

He is almost 40 years old, and he doesn't even dare to say how many more years he can live.

Now that he finally has the opportunity to come to the stage of Yingtian Mansion, becoming famous is the biggest desire in his heart.

But Zhang Yi saw through Yao Guangxiao's hypocrisy at a glance, making him feel quite passive.

Zhang Yi saw that he was panicked for a moment, but he laughed:
"Buddhism sacrifices one's life, Taoism shuns the world, and the master's temperament makes it a pity to be a monk. Why not practice Taoism with a poor Taoist?"

Yao Guangxiao:? ? ?

This little Taoist priest is so humiliating. He has been a monk for most of his life. It doesn't matter if he says he has no bodhisattva, after all, he knows what he thinks.

But he wants to become a Taoist priest, which is unbearable.

Forget being a Taoist priest, he still wants to be his own teacher?

Yao Guangxiao was originally the one who provoked the conflict, but Zhang Yi made him feel aggrieved.

Zhang Yi looked at him and found it funny.

The demon monk is still a monk after all. Although Yao Guangxiao was visiting here and was selfish, Zhang Yi also knew that this man was not a monk who did not follow the rules.

His response to Zhang Yi was not just for fame and reputation.

After this guy deceived Zhu Di into rebelling successfully, Zhu Di gave him a beautiful woman and forced him to return to secular life, but he refused to agree at all.

And even when power was overwhelming, Yao Guang Xiaoyi made contributions to Buddhism.

Except that there is no mercy in the heart.At least his body is still clean.

Zhang Yi also knew that there would probably be no benefit in arguing with a person of this genius level.

So after finishing the output, Zhang Yi directly disturbed his Taoist mind.

Yao Guangxiao was a monster monk after all. After being caught off guard by Zhang Yi, he quickly calmed down.

"It is said that the little master has the magical power to see through the heavens, and Dao Yan admires him!

However, Buddhism and Taoism are different. Taoism is not what the poor monk aspires to. This is the idea of ​​a Taoist priest. The poor monk can only thank the Taoist Master for his kindness! "

If it had been another monk, Zhang Yi would have been furious if he said this.

Yao Guangxiao easily neutralized Zhang Yi's tricks with just a simple understatement.

"The master's yin and yang skills are not necessarily much weaker than Pindao's. If there is a chance, Pindao would like to ask the master to help him see the future..."

Zhang Yi revealed another piece of Yao Guangxiao's past, and Yao Guangxiao suddenly broke out in sweat.

He thinks that he is just a nobody.

Even his close senior brothers may not know that part of his past.

He once learned Taoism from his friend Xi Yingzhen. If he wasn't a close person, he really didn't know about this past event.

"Don't dare!"

Unable to figure out the situation, Yao Guangxiao flinched.

This meeting ended on bad terms!

Zhang Yi originally had no hope for them, but Yao Guangxiao's appearance was already an unexpected surprise.

He turned around and told Wu Baohe to arrange for these people to stay at Chaotian Palace.

Let them first see how the Taoist priests who usually practice the Taoism of the world practice Taoism in the world...

The Longhu Mountain lineage has gone through years of development.

Regarding this set of practices, customization has long been formed.

Everyone did not feel that they were being demoted directly. Instead, they gained a lot of goodwill from the court from this practice.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it was those monks and Taoists who did not understand Zhu Yuanzhang.

An emperor like Lao Zhu, who wanted to break a penny in half and spend it, had a natural disdain for people taking off their jobs.

It doesn't matter whether you are a monk or at home.

Whether it is a monk or a Taoist priest.

As long as you can find your own position in the production cycle, you can be considered useful by Lao Zhu.

Before Yao Guangxiao left, he took a deep look at Zhang Yi.

He didn't know that their words and deeds here would soon appear on the emperor's desk in the form of writing.

He will soon be unlucky. (End of chapter)